U.S. Rep. Luis V. Gutiérrez continued his push to feature a woman on the U.S. $20 bill while speaking on the House floor on Wednesday.

The Illinois Democratic delivered an impassioned speech Wednesday morning, calling for Congress to replace President Andrew Jackson's face on the $20 bill with a female American hero.

"I am not saying that President Andrew Jackson or any of the men we honor on our money are not worthy," Gutierrez said, according to The Hill.

Last week, Women on 20s announced that abolitionist leader and Underground Railroad conductor Harriet Tubman received the most online votes in their online campaign, beating Eleanor Roosevelt, Rosa Parks and Cherokee Nation Chief Wilma Mankiller.

Gutierrez then introduced the Put a Woman on the Twenty Act of 2015, which directs the secretary of the Treasury to establish a citizen panel to choose a woman to become the new face of the $20 bill.

Although the bill does not designate any woman in particular, Gutierrez advocated for Tubman, arguing that she was a major figure in American history who is deserving of this honor.

"She was an agitator. She was a subversive. She used the tools of social change to improve America. She fought for the little guy against the strong guy. And she was willing to put herself at great risk to ensure the justice for others. And she was a woman and she was black. In other words, she is an ideal American," Gutierrez said while standing beside of a $20 bill with Tubman's image face on it.

Gutierrez went on to predict that Americans will eventually challenge why only men have dominated the American dollar bills.

"In a few years, maybe in a few months, when the idea of putting a woman on our money is considered a quaint, old-fashioned debate, and similarly when the idea of putting a person of color on our money no longer seems like such a remarkable step, we will wonder why it took so long," he said, reports USA Today.